Rev. Jesse Peters Galphin

Freed by his planter father, this preacher helped form Silver Bluff Baptist around 1773 and, after moving to Augusta, gathered Springfield Baptist in 1787, helping sustain what is widely called the oldest Black church in America.

Rev. Jesse Peters Galphin is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4660, -81.9806 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Carrie J. Mays (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sidney “Beau Jack” Walker, Frank Garvin Yerby, and Atty. Judson Whitlocke Lyons.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.